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"(It) believes that Bruce Springsteen has written and performed many of the anthems of America and would welcome Bruce Springsteen as the next US Ambassador to the UK."

Matthew Barzun has been the US ambassador to the UK since 2013.

The motion comes as Farage taunted the prime minister with a mock ambassador's reception complete with chocolate and champagne at London's Ritz hotel.

Farage was cheered by his financial backers before offering guests pyramids of Ferrero Rocher chocolates, a joking reference to a long-running British "ambassador's reception" TV advertisement, which cast the gold-foiled confection as the delicacy of choice for diplomats.

Farage praised what he called "the political revolution" that had brought Brexit and then the election of Trump, who Farage supported at a political rally before his victory.